Shepard

[shep-erd]

noun

1. Alan Bartlett, Jr., 1923–1998, U.S. astronaut: first American in space, May 5, 1961.

2. Sam, 1943–2017, U.S. playwright, actor, and director.

Shepard

/ ˈʃɛpəd /

noun

1. Alan Bartlett, Jr. 1923–98, US naval officer; first US astronaut in space (1961)

2. Sam original name Samuel Shepard Rogers. born 1943, US dramatist, film actor, and director. His plays include Chicago (1966), The Tooth of Crime (1972), and Buried Child (1978): films as actor include Days of Heaven (1978) and The Right Stuff (1983); films as director include Far North (1989) and Silent Tongue (1994)

Example Sentences

The playwright Sam Shepard was also a commanding presence on the screen.

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In 1983, Sam Shepard was at the height of his powers.

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Urged by playwright Sam Shepard to perform her poetry with music, she did, adding a backing band in 1973.

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Finally, a few weeks later, early in May of 1961, we prepared to launch the Mercury-Redstone spacecraft, named Freedom 7, with astronaut Alan Shepard Jr.

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Perhaps for comic relief, another living megasaur of ’70s counterculture, Sam Shepard, shows up briefly to jam, atrociously, with Smith on acoustic guitar.

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